Hormuz Hostilities Pick Up as Two Tankers Reportedly Struck September 1, 2026 By Grant Smith, Weilun Soon and Eltaf Najafizada wo oil supertankers attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz were struck by projectiles late Monday, maritime security consultant Marisks...
Romania Probes Cause of Black Sea Cargo Ship Sinking August 28, 2026 A merchant ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, likely...
Top Container Line Halts Russian Black Sea Service Due to Drones August 26, 2026 By Pyotr Kozlov The world’s top container shipper MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. has suspended new bookings to and from Russia’s Novorossiysk port with...
Piracy Observer Says Somali Incidents Rising as Navies Stretched August 22, 2026 By Charles Gorrivan The world’s top maritime piracy observer said incidents off the coast of Somalia are on the rise again after a...
Second Suspect in Nord Stream Blasts Arrested in Croatia: Prosecutors August 19, 2026 A second suspect accused of taking part in the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline blasts has been arrested in Croatia...
Two Slicks Appear in Gulf as Huge Oil Spill off Oman Threatens Disaster August 14, 2026 By Nilo Tabrizy, Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters, satellite imagery and video verified by Reuters show, as tit-for-tat attacks on oil...
Four Crew, Two Rescuers Killed in Red Sea Attack; US Strikes Ship in Gulf of Oman August 11, 2026 By Mohammed Ghobari, Jonathan Saul, Nayera Abdallah and Yasmine Ghania Four crew members were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait...
Proposed Hormuz Passage Deal Not Feasible for Shipping Industry, Sources Say August 7, 2026 By Jonathan Saul A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait...
Shipowners Say Hormuz Tolls Would Lead to More Charges Elsewhere August 6, 2026 By Charles Gorrivan Eight of the world’s largest shipping industry associations urged the United Nations and International Maritime Organization to oppose any compulsory...
Yemen’s Houthis Say They’ll Target Tankers in Northern Red Sea August 5, 2026 By Alex Longley and Omar Tamo Yemen’s Houthi militant group said it would attack Saudi oil tankers in the northern Red Sea, a potential fresh escalation...